List of all the President's of Republic of India who were awarded with Bharat Ratna.

Rajendra Prasad

First President of Republic of India

 Rajendra Prasad was awarded with Bharat Ratna in the year 1962 [ at the age of 78 ]

Prasad was re-elected to the presidency, becoming the only president to have been twice the office.

Rajendra Prasad [ 3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963 ]  An Indian political leader, lawyer by training, Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar. A supporter of Mahatma Gandhi, Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities during the Salt Satyagraha of 1931 and the Quit India movement of 1942. Prasad served one term as President of the Indian National Congress from 1934 to 1935. After the 1946 elections, Prasad served as minister of food and agriculture in the central government. Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected president of the Constituent Assembly of India, which prepared the Constitution of India and served as its provisional parliament.

When India became a Republic in 1950, Prasad was elected its first President by the Constituent Assembly. Following the general election of 1951, he was elected President by the electoral college of the first Parliament of India and its state legislatures. As President, Prasad established a tradition of non-partisanship and independence for the office-bearer, and retired from Congress party politics. Although a ceremonial head of state, Prasad encouraged the development of education in India and advised the Nehru government on several occasions. In 1957, Prasad was re-elected to the presidency, becoming the only president to have been twice the office.

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Second President of Republic of India.

 Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was awarded with Bharatratna in the year 1954. [ at the age of 66 ]

 Since 1962, his birthday is celebrated in India as Teachers' Day on 5 September.

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan [ 5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975 ] was an Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President of India [ 1952–1962 ] and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967.

One of India's best and most influential twentieth-century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, his academic appointments included the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta (1921–1932) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford (1936–1952).

 Among the other important honours he received were the British Knight Bachelor in 1931, although he ceased to use the title "Sir" after India attained independence,member of the German "Order pour le Merite for Arts and Science" in 1954,and honorary membership of the British Royal Order of Merit in 1963. He was also awarded the Templeton Prize in 1975 for advocating non-aggression and conveying "love and wisdom for all people."

Radhakrishnan believed that "teachers should be the best minds in the country".

Dr. Zakir Hussain

Third President of Republic of India

Dr. Zakir Hussain was awarded with Bharatratna in the year 1963 [at the age of 66 ]

Dr. Zakir Hussain About this sound pronunciation [ Urdu: ذاکِر حسین‎,] [ February 1897 – 3 May 1969 ] was the 3rd President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969.

 An educationist and intellectual, Hussain was the country's first Muslim president. He previously served as Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962 and as Vice President of India from 1962 to 1967.

Zakir Hussain was also co-founder of Jamia Milia Islamia, serving as its Vice Chancellor from 1928. Under Hussain, Jamia became closely associated with the Indian freedom movement.

V. V. Giri

Fourth President of Rebublic Of India

V. V. Giri received India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1975 [ at the age of 81 ]

Varahagiri Venkata Giri [ 10 August 1894 – 23 June 1980 ], commonly known as V. V. Giri, was the fourth President of the Republic of India from 24 August 1969 to 23 August 1974. He served as Acting President of India from 3 May 1969 to 20 July 1969,

He was a prolific writer and a good orator. He has written books on 'Industrial Relations' and 'Labour problems in Indian Industry'.

He was elected as the third Vice President of India in 1967. Giri became Acting President of India in May 1969 upon the death in office of President Dr. Zakir Hussain. The official Congress candidate for the presidential election of 1969 was Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. However, Giri filed his papers as an independent candidate and enjoyed the tacit support of the Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. A third candidate in that election was C D Deshmukh who was supported by right wing opposition parties. In a closely contested election, none of the candidates won an outright majority of the preferential votes. On counting the second preferential votes, Giri emerged the winner. He was sworn in on 28 August 1969 and held office till 28 August, 1974.

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Eleventh President of Republic of India

Dr.A. P. J. Abdul Kalam has been awarded with the Bharat Ratna in the year 1997 [at the age of 66 ]

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Before his term as President, he worked as an Aerospace engineer with Defence Research and Development Organisation  [ DRDO ] and Indian Space Research Organisation  [ ISRO ] Kalam is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974. Some scientific experts have however called Kalam a man with no authority over nuclear physics but who just carried on the works of Homi J. Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai.